Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum: With an English Commentary and Notes, to which are Added Critical Dissertations, Volume 3 |
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... the Edens of antient and modern fame ? And the com- mon object of all these pictures being conti- nually prefent to the eye , what way is there of 1 of avoiding the moft exact agreement of re- prefentation POETICAL IMITATION . 13.
... the Edens of antient and modern fame ? And the com- mon object of all these pictures being conti- nually prefent to the eye , what way is there of 1 of avoiding the moft exact agreement of re- prefentation POETICAL IMITATION . 13.
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... the fright- ful fpeâtres of their Larvae : to which we may oppofe the modern vifions of fairies ; and of ghots , gliding through church - yards , and and haunting fepulchres ; together with the vaft train of 32 A DISCOURSE ON.
... the fright- ful fpeâtres of their Larvae : to which we may oppofe the modern vifions of fairies ; and of ghots , gliding through church - yards , and and haunting fepulchres ; together with the vaft train of 32 A DISCOURSE ON.
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... modern poets ? Could any reasonable critic mistake these genuine workings of the mind for inftances of imitation ? In Cymbeline , the obfequies of Imogen are celebrated with a fong of triumph over the evils of human life , from which ...
... modern poets ? Could any reasonable critic mistake these genuine workings of the mind for inftances of imitation ? In Cymbeline , the obfequies of Imogen are celebrated with a fong of triumph over the evils of human life , from which ...
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... and hath furnished the most inchanting fcenes of fiction . Po- etry hath ever lived by it . The modern mufe hath hardly any existence without it . Let Let us afk , then , of this tyrant paffion POETICAL IMITATION . 43.
... and hath furnished the most inchanting fcenes of fiction . Po- etry hath ever lived by it . The modern mufe hath hardly any existence without it . Let Let us afk , then , of this tyrant paffion POETICAL IMITATION . 43.
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... modern mafters . But their intention was only to fignify the names of the principal persons , and to declare the general scope of their pictures . And fo far this ufage may not be amifs in large compofitions , and especially on new or ...
... modern mafters . But their intention was only to fignify the names of the principal persons , and to declare the general scope of their pictures . And fo far this ufage may not be amifs in large compofitions , and especially on new or ...
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Page 178 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 193 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 160 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Page 164 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 169 - Shakespeare, forget that the Pagan Imagery was familiar to all the Poets of his time ; and that abundance of this sort of learning was to be picked up from almost every English book that he could take into his hands.
Page 229 - You that, too wife for pride, too good for pow'r, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And, carrying with you all the world can boaft, To all the world...
Page 9 - ... been joined, but were afterwards separated from each other by some ' God, for the sake of opening in the midst that large plain which stretches in ' length to about five miles, and in breadth a hundred paces or in some parts
Page 203 - Nature deign'd to lend, As that the walls (worn thin) permit the mind To look out thorough, and his frailty find.
Page 178 - All feafons and thir change, all pleafe alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing fweet, With charm of earlieft Birds; pleafant the...
Page 165 - Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body that it loved, And linked itself by carnal sensualty To a degenerate and degraded state.